Sound Off for Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013

Thursday, January 10, 2013

What kind of hoops would the people of the state of Michigan have to go through to switch out legislature to part-time and pay them as such?

Mt. PleasantAs a dairy farmer I can say, and think most other farmers would agree, my dream would be for the government to get out of agriculture. The general public doesn’t understand that the reason they are involved is to provide cheap and stable prices for the American consumer – not to help the farmer. Last I knew 80-90 percent of the farm bill money was used for food stamp programs and to make school lunch prices low for low-income families.

Mt. PleasantI was eating in McDonald’s at the corner of Pickard and Mission about 8:30 in the morning when two young ladies pulled in with a Chevy pickup and parked in the handicapped spot. The driver sat in the truck, while the passenger went inside with an empty cup, filled it up, and then left without paying for it.

Mt. PleasantI was at a Baumann’s store in Weidman and a guy with the name “Don” on his shirt paid for $10 of my groceries because I didn’t have the money. I just want to say thanks; there are good people out there.

WeidmanThe caller who said everything is made in Japan or China is absolutely right. You can blame the government and the Free Trade Agreement. All of the manufacturing jobs went oversees. You can thank presidents and Congress for that.

Mt. PleasantWith the warm-up in the weather coming, I hope the road commission has the good common sense to grade some of these roads that are in such terrible shape before they freeze again for the rest of the winter. Our roads are in terrible shape.

Chippewa TownshipOur government in Waco, Texas, killed 22 children and two pregnant women. They had to have Congressional hearings to see if the ATF and the FBI did anything wrong. And now they want to take our guns away from us? How about that?

Mt. PleasantI found it ironic that Joe Biden posed for a photo opportunity on gun control sitting next to Attorney General Eric Holder, w hose office lost thousands of assault rifles in a gun-running scheme in Mexico. Kind of funny the newspaper never reported much on that.

Lake IsabellaIf Pierce Morgan, the guy who took over for Larry King, doesn’t like the laws in our country then he should back to where he came from, where they don’t have rights.

Mt. PleasantYou called the governor stupid for signing the bill? No, it’s the teenagers who are stupid for talking and texting on their phones while driving.

Mt. PleasantMr. Burdick plea-bargained to save a little money on the Norton trial. How much do we save if he gets out and murders someone else?

Mt. Pleasant(We’re only printing this because we’ve heard that accusation one too many times. Prosecution of Ken Norton in the death of Tabatha Horn was not plea-bargained, and he was convicted of second-degree murder after a trial, meaning a jury of Isabella County residents did not find proof of pre-meditation. -Ed.)

Someone was going to drop the Morning Sun if they didn’t go back to the old comics and puzzles? Now I’ve heard it all.